The DIY Wedding Thread

Yellowbug

thanks girlies

I make cards a lot anyway, so was planning on making them myself from scratch
I never buy card blanks, they are always a lot more than just buying card

thanks for the link nat, i was looking on there for inspiration last night
Im thinking of having my pocket to the side tho instead, cant really explain it

Once I do a mock up I will show you all

I may completely change my mind yet, Im quite indecisive really lol

Mrsday2Be_2

My niece Krissy was turning 18 recently, I did a test run on creating some Luminaries, as I am planning on using them in my Feb 2010 wedding.

I was a tad shocked that they came out so well, particularly as they were so incredibly easy to do. All I created was a sleeve out of 80gsm black grain paper and then used a needle stuck in a cork to puncture out her name using a template I printed on Word- then I put a standard pint glass (4 for £2 from ASDA) inside with a tealight candle.


(I can't post links - still too new - but if you post the below code into your web-browser you'll be able to view it)


I'm thinking of using Vellum for the wedding, as I would like a lighter effect than this.

Took me a while to get the height levels right for the tealites, ended up using table salt (£0.30 for a 3kg bag at Asda) to put underneath the candle to bring the tealights up to the level needed.

For me, it was a quick, easy, cheap and effective table decoration for the event.

rinroo

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l222/harmmac/KJ.jpg Mrsday2b those are fab!! I think they would look gorgeous with vellum!

Hmm thinking if I could maybe make some and where I could maybe put them lol

mrsormrod

heres my invites i made myself




and my favours made with plstic whine glass from asda 10 for £1 and pink and white tishue paper and pink and white glitter round the rim. this was to give a cocktail look. (hubbys idea)


not sure if this counts but my mum made my cake.

tartantotty

I love this thread!! My boyfriend proposed 2 weeks ago (suppose he should be my h2b now!) and we are excited about getting married.
We havent set a date, or even decided on a location yet (his hometown is about 300 miles away from us, tho he lives with me now, and its causing a wee arguement or 2, but thats a whole other story!:rolleyes:)

Anyway there will be a lot of DIY/MSE ideas incorporated into the wedding no matter what we do or where we have it, so this thread is just amazing with all the ideas!! All the bits and pieces everyone have done are fab, and very inspiring!

I am chuffed to be able to be part of it!! :T

tartantotty

We have now decided on the venue for the ceremony and a possible recpetion venue too, its starting to feel real now!! :j

*depressed*

Hey everyone

I am gettin married next year (2nd july 2010) total costs for wedding our roughly 3k and we originally budgeted for 5k so i am happy!

we are making

invites
thank you cards
place names
table plan
flowers for me
flowers for b/maids
buttonholes
cake
doing own hair n make up
centrepieces

basically anything i can

xxx

Yellowbug

ooohhh my envelopes came at the weekend for my invites

and hopefully when i get home today my save the date and reply envelopes will have appeared

now i just need to actually decided where we are having it, and the exact date so I can get these things made and sent lol

*Louise*

I hope no one minds me bumping this thread back up, but I would love to see new and more recent DIY stuff added

It's great seeing what everyone comes up with x

BabyFranny

nat82 wrote: »

Going to give it a go I think! Going to Hobby Craft in a couple of weeks, do you think they'll sell the wire and crystals there?

They will. And they'll probably sell the crystals in every single colour of the colour spectrum.